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Wang Changling Beyond the Frontier: After the Battle 出塞二首（其二） A newly mounted horse, continuing drums, and an unwashed blade hold Wang Changling’s frontier scene just after combat. Li Shangyin Leyou Plain 樂遊原 An evening drive brings the speaker to an open plain and a setting sun. Explore the tension between the scene's beauty and the approach of night. Li Shangyin Chang’e 嫦娥 A candle fades as the morning stars recede. Read how an earthbound sleepless night opens into the imagined solitude of Chang'e in the moon. Wang Changling Gathering Lotus 采蓮曲二首（其二） Green skirts disappear into lotus leaves until a song reveals the people in Wang Changling’s second lotus-gathering song. Du Fu Seeking Flowers Alone by the River: VI 江畔獨步尋花七絕句·其六 A flower-heavy path becomes a place of lingering butterflies and repeated birdsong. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Changling Army Song: The Watchtower at Dusk 從軍行七首（其一） A dusk climb and a familiar flute tune connect a frontier watchtower to a distant woman's chamber in Wang Changling’s first army song. Li Shangyin Frost and Moon 霜月 An autumn night becomes a contest between frost and moonlight. Follow the poem's transformation of cold brightness into a meeting of celestial women. Du Fu Meeting Li Guinian in Jiangnan 江南逢李龜年 A musician met again among falling blossoms brings earlier halls and audiences back into view. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Changling Army Song: New Music, Old Parting 從軍行七首（其二） New pipa music cannot exhaust an old feeling of separation, and Wang Changling ends the song beneath a high autumn moon. Li Shangyin Jia Yi 賈生 An emperor leans forward to question a gifted adviser. Discover how the final line turns apparent recognition into a criticism of misplaced curiosity. Du Fu Presented to Hua Qing 贈花卿 Music in Chengdu seems divided between river wind and clouds, too rare for ordinary earthly hearing. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Changling Army Song: The Vow at Qinghai 從軍行七首（其四） Clouded mountains and armor worn through by battle lead to an uncompromising vow in Wang Changling’s fourth army song. Li Shangyin Because There Is Such Beauty 為有 A woman finds that marriage to a high official brings lonely nights. Read how his prestigious rank becomes a rival to intimacy when morning court calls. Du Fu The Eight Formations 八陣圖 A riverside formation associated with Zhuge Liang becomes a meditation on achievement and failure. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Changling Army Song: The Report Arrives 從軍行七首（其五） Wang Changling begins with troops moving into dust, then lets an earlier battle arrive as a report before the march is complete. Wen Tingyun Early Departure from Shang Mountain 商山早行 A traveler leaves an inn before sunrise. Read the famous sequence of rooster, moon, footprints, and frost, then follow its turn toward a dream of home. Du Fu Welcome Rain on a Spring Night 春夜喜雨 Du Fu’s Welcome Rain on a Spring Night, with pinyin and English notes on timely growth, one boat light, and the wet flowers imagined for dawn in Chengdu. Wen Tingyun Lament of the Jade Zither 瑤瑟怨 A luxurious bed offers no rest beneath a clear night sky. Follow the movement from indoor cold to passing geese and moonlight beyond the sleepless room. Wang Changling Regret in the Chamber 閨怨 A young wife’s spring outing becomes regret for the ambition that sent her husband away in Wang Changling’s sudden-turn quatrain. Wang Wei Remembering My Brothers on the Double Ninth 九月九日憶山東兄弟 Wang Wei’s Double Ninth poem in Chinese, pinyin, and English: an imagined family gathering turns the distant speaker into the person missing from the group. Wang Wei Bird Calls in the Ravine 鳥鳴澗 Wang Wei’s Bird Calls in the Ravine, with pinyin and English notes on spring gui blossoms, moonrise, and the intermittent calls that make stillness audible. Wen Tingyun Dreaming of the South: Washed and Combed 夢江南·梳洗罷 After dressing, a woman waits beside the river as sails pass without stopping. Watch a whole day of expectation contract into the lyric's final image. Cen Shen Meeting a Messenger Bound for the Capital 逢入京使 A chance meeting on horseback lets Cen Shen send home a spoken reassurance when no paper or brush is available. Wen Tingyun Dreaming of the South: Countless Regrets 夢江南·千萬恨 Sleepless regret meets an indifferent moon and wind. Read how a brief song uses repeated phrases to make longing continue beyond its few lines.